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Military medicine moves faster than traditional research. Tech. Sgt. Darius Sostre-Miroir/920th Rescue Wing

How medical treatments devised for war can quickly be implemented in US hospitals to save lives

How much oxygen does the military need for wounded soldiers? Turns out not much. Military-civilian research is paving the way for new developments.
View of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. In 2025, observances commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberation. A survey of the camp’s survivors reveals that they reacted differently to their ordeal. (Shutterstock)

Repression, resentment and resilience: A portrait of concentration camp survivors 80 years after their liberation

Although concentration camp survivors followed different trajectories and displayed different levels of resilience, four main survivor profiles emerge.
A school in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was bombed by Russia on March 18, 2022. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File

What is a war crime?

Wars always include killings and destruction, but there are limits. An expert in international law explains the rules of war laid out in the Geneva Conventions − and why they’re so hard to enforce.
Walt Whitman volunteered at Army hospitals in Washington, D.C., during the U.S. Civil War. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Compassion amid chaos − how one of America’s greatest poets became a lifeline for wounded soldiers

Lacking formal training in medicine or nursing, Walt Whitman nonetheless realized ‘the simple matter of personal presence, and emanating ordinary cheer and magnetism’ could go a long way.
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a school destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The lasting scars of war: How conflict shapes children’s lives long after the fighting ends

The impact of wars on children is vast and multifaceted. The trauma inflicted is enduring and will shape the rest of their lives — and by extension, the societies in which they and we live.

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